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:: I vote keep the language parameter; it seems potentially-useful to me. -- [[User:Eriksiers|Erik Siers]] 22:11, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
::: A date is more useful. Put it like this: I went through all the pages that use this template; most did not use the language parameter, and of those that ''did'', only one used anything other than <tt>en</tt>. In that one case (on the [[Dragon curve]]) it turned out that we didn't actually use any content from wikipedia (!) and that the equivalent page linked to on the english version was of substantially higher quality. (It had better pictures and more discussion of the algorithms, mathematical properties and history; to my mind, that's a definite count for “objectively better in an encyclopædic sense”.) Having done that, it was clear that the language parameter was not actually serving any useful purpose; it's a parameterization that makes things more obscure and harder to use, not less. (Also, wikipedia is good about linking between different language versions of a page.) –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 00:16, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
RC needs this extension.... alternatively rename to Template:Wikipedia_pre_15_June_2009 & create Wikipedia_post_15_June_2009, and put a notice/warning on the Template detailing precautions that need to be taken.
Try:
* <nowiki>{{Wikipedia_pre_June 15_2009|oldid=142127294}}</nowiki> or alternatively
* <nowiki>{{Wikipedia|Page=Currying|oldid=142127294|time=18:38|date=2 July 2007}}</nowiki> with an error message if the date is missing.
[[User:NevilleDNZ|NevilleDNZ]] ([[User talk:NevilleDNZ|talk]]) 03:28, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
==Why Wikia link?==
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